Sex

Detention
The proportion of status offense cases involving detention was the same for males and females in 1995 (table 73). Detention was used in 7% of all status offense cases involving either sex. For both males and females, runaway cases were more likely than other status offense cses to involve detention -- 13% for males and 12% for females. The likelihood of detention decreased for both sexes between 1986 and 1995.